Silver Tides (Silver Tides Series) by Susan Fodor

Author:Susan Fodor
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-07-23T23:00:00+00:00

another mother

“Hello, Mother,” Daniel greeted coldly. “Now, what are you doing here?”

Daniel’s words rolled around my head like a foreign language, incomprehensible. Sophia was in the house; she’d been hovering to protect our virtue since we’d arrived home. Why would she be on the beach, alone in the dark when the house was full of rambunctious teenagers?

I peeked around Daniel to see a tall woman with silver-blond hair cascading down her naked body. She looked to be in her mid-forties with the face of a soap opera star; she was strikingly beautiful but cold as an iceberg. I’d never seen anyone more terrifying in my life.

“I’m here for you,” she snapped impatiently, before seeing me. She arched a perfect brow in interest.

I forgot that it was the middle of the night in autumn, with the waves rolling up onto the sand, all I could see was the mesmerizing woman before me. Her interest in me was like a drug that made me want to follow her.

“I’m not ready to return,” Daniel replied levelly. “You shouldn’t be here; you could jeopardize everything.”

“Is that her?” she demanded, pushing past Daniel and grabbing my face. Her icecold hands froze my face, and bit into my skin like a vice clamp. In the back of my mind I knew I should run, that she was dangerous, but up close she was even more mesmerizing. Her cobalt eyes were bewitching and her voice was hypnotic. She looked at me like a cat, toying with a mouse.

She cursed. “Reef, she’s an air breather!” She pushed me away, the disgust in her eyes stinging me.

“You shouldn’t be here,” Daniel replied, pulling me from her grasp and folding me in his arms turning my face into his chest. My fear made me numb. The wonder of her voice compelled me to stay.

“Neither should you,” she snapped. “The city needs you, and you’re here with that mouth breather.”

I felt like I was in a nightmare, where I couldn’t speak or move. I could barely breathe; I just wanted to look at the beautiful woman that Daniel called Mother. Daniel held onto me fiercely, as I turned in his arms to survey her further.

“She is my Other,” Daniel said significantly, giving me a firm squeeze.

“So she’s changed and was prevented from returning home?” the woman asked, slightly appeased.

“No,” Daniel replied quietly. “She hasn’t yet changed.” His voice was heavy with disappointment; I turned to look into his handsome face. The moon reflected a sorrow that I’d never seen before. Deep down, I knew it was because I wasn’t what he needed. My failure tore at my heart, but the beautiful woman’s presence stopped the pain from taking over.

“This is why you’re delayed!” she screeched, her cobalt eyes filling with fury. “The selkies sent spies to Atlantis to infiltrate us, and you are here waiting for this airbag to turn. How do you even know it’s her? She’s just a human, or worse, a selkie trying to fool you.”

The accusation cracked in the air like lightning, Daniel’s body stiffened with indignation.

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